Texas · Census place 4854684
Palacios, Texas
Palacios is a city in Matagorda County, Texas with an estimated 4,373 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 413th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,373
- #413 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- -0.6%
- -28 people
- Land area
- 5.5 sq mi
- + 0.68 sq mi water
- Density
- 801 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Palacios population, 2020 to 2024
Palacios lost 28 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -4.
Palacios covers 5.46 square miles of land and 0.68 of water, for 801 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Palacios is less dense than the typical town.
What county Palacios is in
All of Palacios's residents live in Matagorda County, which had 36,391 residents in 2024. Palacios holds 12.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Palacios
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Palacios by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77465. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Palacios is
The Census internal point of Palacios is at 28.713100, -96.227900. Austin, the capital, is 141.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bay City, TX (17,471 people), 24.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sugar Land, TX, 70.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 28.713100, -96.227900
- DMS
- 28°42'47.16"N 96°13'40.44"W
- UTM
- 14N 770801.8E 3179349.1N
- Geohash
- 9v5e670cz
- Plus code
- 76W5PQ7C+6R
Daylight in Palacios
At 28.71° N, Palacios gets about 13 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Palacios
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Bay City, 24.7 miles away, with 17,471 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Palacios, TX?
4,373 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 28 (0.6%) from 4,401 in July 2020.
What county is Palacios in?
Matagorda County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Palacios?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 77465.
How far is Palacios from Austin?
141.1 miles (227.0 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Palacios.
What is the nearest larger city to Palacios?
Bay City, TX, with 17,471 residents, 24.7 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.